Easter People
Dear fellow Pilgrims ‘Easter People’ As you will see from our calendar for this month of May, every Sunday is a Sunday “of Easter”. So we refer to the next six weeks as “Eastertide”. But Easter is not just the name of the most important day or season in the Christian calendar; it can also...
Prayer Candles
It is good to see more and more people are making use of the prayer candles on the circular stand by the entrance to the Lady Chapel. There is now a container just below the rings of candles in which you can leave a donation for the candles. Until recently the container had no base,...
Another Chance
Dear fellow Pilgrims ‘Another chance…’ How often when we’ve made a mistake – large or small, we wish we could turn the clock back and have another chance? The message of Easter is that every day we have another chance – to live the resurrection life that Jesus promises us. As we experience again this...
The Growing Season
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, falls this year on 9 March, the latest date for many years. On that day, and for the next six and a half weeks, you will notice various changes in our worship. The colour of the vestments changes from green to purple, as do our service sheets. There...
Week of Prayer of Prayer for Christian Unity?
It may have puzzled many members of the Church of England to discover that last Saturday, just a few days before the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster ordained three former Anglican Bishops into the Roman Catholic priesthood! This annual week of prayer is intended to acknowledge and be...
What difference did it make?
Do you go in for New Year resolutions? I guess for many people making a resolution at the beginning of a new year is a sign of wanting to make a new start. To get more exercise, to get slimmer, to take a little more care of our spending, to keep in touch more regularly...